Oil Spill at 14'' OGBOINBIRI/TEBIDABA PIPELINE AT OKPOTUWARI

Incident 2022/SAR/081 · NAOC · 15 Aug 2022

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 15 Aug 2022Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date15 Aug 2022Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity4 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered1 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.77769, 5.98056

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported15 Aug 2022

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00689388

JIV date16 Aug 2022

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL WAS AS A RESULT OF SABOTAGE SINCE THERE WAS A VISIBLE INSTALLATION OF 2'' NIPPLE ON THE PIPELINE. THE AREA OF IMPACT WAS WITHIN COMPANY RIGHT OF WAY. VEGETATION WERE IMPACTED.